reorientation

[ ree-awr-ee-uhn-tey-shuhn, -en-, -ohr- ]

/ riˌɔr i ənˈteɪ ʃən, -ɛn-, -ˌoʊr- /

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noun

the act or state of reorienting or of being reoriented.

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Origin of reorientation

First recorded in 1915–20; re- + orientation

Words nearby reorientation

reorder, reordination, reorganization, reorganize, reorient, reorientation, reovirus, rep, repack, repackage, repaglinide

How to use reorientation in a sentence

That means that “user wellbeing, trust, safety” are secondary without a reorientation, he says.
4 Ways to Fix Social Media That Don’t Cost $44 Billion|Jem Bartholomew|April 29, 2022|Time
This is more a book of quick hits, a reference guide to dip into when readers need a little reorientation.
Brené Brown Thinks You Should Talk About These 87 Emotions|Belinda Luscombe|November 23, 2021|Time
Getting there will require a wholesale societal reorientation of our relationship to wildfire.
At Glacier’s Edge, the Flames Have Always Come for My Family Cabin|jversteegh|August 20, 2021|Outside Online
He said that a 45-degree reorientation shouldn’t be a safety issue since the space station is designed to rotate 180 degrees.
Russian thruster misfire led to a ‘tug of war’ at the International Space Station as crew sought to regain control|Dalvin Brown|July 30, 2021|Washington Post

Like many I spoke to, Williams seemed to desire a reorientation of policing, rather than just a reduction.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Even more significant, however, is the reorientation of anti-establishment politics that follows.
Edward Snowden, Not Pope Francis, Is the Person of the Year|James Poulos|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But the Middle East changed Stewart, and he needed to go through a little American reorientation.
The Twerk That Won the Internet, ‘What the Fox Say’ & More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|September 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Now, although I've mentioned reorientation before, what I actually know about it is meager.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith
Would you mind if I spent an hour in Psych for reorientation?
Exploiter's End|James Causey
Comprehension then; reorientation; qualified relief—Is waking any better?
The Trial of Callista Blake|Edgar Pangborn
And Curt—he had had his reorientation at least several seconds before vanishing.
Ye of Little Faith|Roger Phillips Graham
The miracle of his reorientation to belief, the new vistas that went with it.
Ye of Little Faith|Roger Phillips Graham